鴨嘴

Chinese

		duck	mouth
trad. (鴨嘴)		鴨	嘴
simp. (鸭嘴)		鸭	嘴

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): yāzuǐ

  (Zhuyin): ㄧㄚ ㄗㄨㄟˇ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): aap³ zeoi²

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: yāzuǐ
    • Zhuyin: ㄧㄚ ㄗㄨㄟˇ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: yazuěi
    • Wade–Giles: ya¹-tsui³
    • Yale: yā-dzwěi
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: iatzoei
    • Palladius: яцзуй (jaczuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /jä⁵⁵ t͡su̯eɪ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: aap³ zeoi²
    • Yale: aap jéui
    • Cantonese Pinyin: aap⁸ dzoey²
    • Guangdong Romanization: ab³ zêu²
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /aːp̚³ t͡sɵy̯³⁵/

Noun

(deprecated template usage) 鴨嘴

1. bill of a duck
2. (figurative, informal) Short for 鴨嘴器／鸭嘴器 (yāzuǐqì, “speculum used in gynaecological examinations”).

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Japanese

[鴨](カモノ)[嘴](ハシ) (kamo no hashi): the duck-billed platypus.

鴨嘴 (kamo no hashi): the seed head of the smutgrass plant.

Kanji in this term
鴨	嘴
かも Jinmeiyō	はし Hyōgai
kun'yomi

Etymology

Compound of 鴨 (kamo, “duck”) +‎ の (no, possessive particle) +‎ 嘴 (hashi, “bill, beak”). The の (no) is omitted in the spelling.

The platypus sense is a partial calque of English duck-billed platypus.

Noun

鴨嘴(かものはし) or 鴨嘴(カモノハシ) • (kamo no hashi) 

1. a platypus
   • a. 2012 カモノハシペリーのテーマ (Perry the Platypus theme song):

     オー　ペリー　カモノハシペリー！
     エージェントピーと呼(よ)びまえ
     ペリー！
     だからエージェントPだってのに
     エージェントP！

     Ō perī kamo no hashi perī!
     ējento pī to yobimae
     perī!
     dakara ējento P datte noni
     ējento P!

     Oh, Perry, Perry the Platypus!
     But you can call him Agent P
     Perry!
     I said you can call him Agent P
     Agent P!

2. , a kind of smutgrass or batiki bluegrass

Usage notes

As with many terms that name organisms, this term is often spelled in katakana, especially in biological contexts (where katakana is customary), as カモノハシ.

Further reading

• Ischaemum+aristatum at The Plant List
• Ischaemum aristatum var. glaucum at Tropicos